Obama scored a major coup at the UN, chairing a security Council meeting that declared by a 15-0 vote that nuclear weapons are a Bad Thing. The Security Council achieved unanimity in their resolution by clever diplomatic maneuvering which sidestepped the divisive question of whether Obama's "dream" should be achieved through reliance on Magic Ponies or by means of the Care Bear Stare.
Nicholas Sarkozy, Ambassador from Earth, had other thoughts:
French President
Nicolas Sarkozy took a tougher line, telling reporters that the
international community had to hold Iran and North Korea accountable
for ignoring U.N. demands to curb their nuclear programs, which the
United States and other Security Council members believe are aimed at
producing nuclear weapons.
“President Obama himself has said, ‘I dream of a world in which there
would be no nuclear weapon,’ yet right in front of us two countries are
doing exactly the opposite,” Sarkozy said.
“Iran
since 2005 has flouted five Security Council resolutions – five,” the
French president said. “What has it brought to the international
community? Nothing at all. Just more enriched Uranium, more
centrifuges…[and] a proposal to wipe a UN member state [Israel] off the
map.”
As for North Korea, he said, “They pay no attention to what the international community has to say. How can we accept this?”
“If we have the courage to affirm and impose sanctions together against
those who violate resolutions of the Security Council, we will be
lending credibility to our commitment to a world with fewer nuclear
weapons and ultimately no nuclear weapons,” Sarkozy concluded.
MY DEFICIT-REDUCING SUGGESTION DU JOUR: Obama ought to auction off his senior thesis from Columbia on Soviet nuclear disarmament, with the proceeds going to pay down the national debt. Big bidders will be Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and the Comedy Channel.
Caro,
According to my tech guy, Itunes is working for FWDAJ
Posted by: Jane | September 27, 2009 at 10:26 PM
OK, they just appeared when I refreshed! Thanks.
Posted by: caro | September 28, 2009 at 06:54 AM